Rain-water cut-off.



RAIN WATER CUT-OFF.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1899.\

(No Model.)

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JOSEPH BOUTIN, OF ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA.

RAIN-"WATER CUT OFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,266, dated January 2, 1900.

Application filed April 8, 1899. Serial No. 712,314. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BOUTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rainater Gut-Offs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rain-water cutoffs in which the first rain-water falling on a roof is cut off or prevented from being conducted into a cistern, tank, or other vessel generally used to collect rainwater for drinking purposes on account of dust, leaves, or other foreign substances having accumulated thereon; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to regulate the amount of water cut off; second, to operate the cut-off automatically, and, third, to arrest all foreign matter not soluble by a strainer. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 1 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 4 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

The framework N consists of a box open at the top, having outlets at L, C, andE. The outlet E is provided with'a faucet, as shown, to which is attached a flexible tube K. The outlets E and L are provided with a valve J, at the center of which is attached a rod B, connected to a lever H, at one end of which is attached a cup I, in the bottom of which is placed a faucet 0. The lever H is fastened to the arm or brace M at Q by a pivot-joint. At the other end of the lever H is placed a weight P. The rod B runs through a guide at R and is connected to lever H by a slipjoint and pin, as shown at S.

At one side or back of the box N are fastened two hooks F F.

011 inside of box N is fastened at an incline a shield or hood G over the outlet (L, and at the same incline as shield G is fastened a strainer A.

The brace or arm M is connected to the lower angle or bottom and side of box N and serves to support the lever II.

The mode of operating my invention is in the manner following: The water from the roof is conducted to the open top of the box N and is prevented from entering into the outlet C by shield G. All leaves and other matter are arrested by the strainer A. The water now finds its exit through the outlets L and E. Tater passing through E falls into cup I, which fills and becomes Weighted and drops and closes the outlets L and E. The water then rises and passes through outlet C, from thence into the cistern or tank.

The amount of water passing through the outlet Lis regulated by partly closing or open ing the faucet at outlet E.

The faucet O is used to drain the cup I to further regulate the loss of water by partly closing or opening same, that the cup I may require a longer or shorter time to fill, acting in conjunction with the faucet at E. It may also be closed entirely to prevent any waste of water in cup I when it is desired to use the water direct from the roof.

The flexible tube K is used to prevent the wind from blowing the water away from the mouth of cup I.

The weight P serves to hold the valve at outlet L open and in its normal condition.

The hooks F F are attached to the side or back of box N and are used to hang the machine to the top of cistern-staves or tank sides.

IVhat I claim as new in my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a water cut-0d, a receptacle having an inclined shield and strainer, a pipe leading from the receptacle under the shield, said receptacle having outlets in the bottom, a valve controlling same, a weighted lever, and a cup carried by the lever and adapted to receive the water from one of the outlets of the receptacle.

2. In a device of the character described, a receptacle having an outlet near its top, a shield set at an incline over the outlet, a

strainer exten ding from the shield to the inner ranged on the end of the lever to receive Waling the valve, a cup on the end of the lever ter from one of the outlets of the receptacle under one of the openings and means for reguand means for regulating the flow to said cup. lating the supply to the cup.

3. In a device of the character described, a I 5 receptacle having outlets at the bottom and Witnesses:

side, a shield for the outlet at the side, a valve HOMER GUIDRY, for those in the bottom, a lever for control- GLEOPHA GUIDRY.

JOSEPH BOUTIN. 

